A good write up on Linux in The Reg today

[C.S.Cameron]

A good write up on Linux in The Reg today:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/24/reg_linux_guide_3/

[Paqman]

Yeah, not quite sure why he's dived into the command line so much for a newbies guide though. It'd be far more instructional to get people to use Software Centre and Synaptic than to get to blindly paste in commands to get multimedia working.

If he wanted to make it really simple he'd have connected them to Medibuntu then given them the apturl for non-free-codecs (apt:non-free-codecs). BLAM! all sorted in one mouse click.

[sandyd]

Yeah, not quite sure why he's dived into the command line so much for a newbies guide though. It'd be far more instructional to get people to use Software Centre and Synaptic than to get to blindly paste in commands to get multimedia working.

If he wanted to make it really simple he'd have connected them to Medibuntu then given them the apturl for non-free-codecs (apt:non-free-codecs). BLAM! all sorted in one mouse click.
APT-urls don't work on new lucid installs anymore lol.

[NormanFLinux]

Good write up. But PCLOS also uses apt-get and Synaptic and it has an update-notifier that checks every few hours each day for new updates. More people are discovering Linux is the set and forget it OS of the Information Age!

[Windows Nerd]

Yeah, not quite sure why he's dived into the command line so much for a newbies guide though. It'd be far more instructional to get people to use Software Centre and Synaptic than to get to blindly paste in commands to get multimedia working.

If he wanted to make it really simple he'd have connected them to Medibuntu then given them the apturl for non-free-codecs (apt:non-free-codecs). BLAM! all sorted in one mouse click.

I liked that he showed them the command line, and not only that, he/she explained to the readers exactly what the commands did and meant. He/she also explained the advantages of the command line.

Very well done and easy to read, catering to newbs. 5/5

Scott

[C.S.Cameron]

I think that for Ubuntu - Any news is good news.
All it needs is exposure.